<p>Gboard – the Google Keyboard can be accessed at the following locations: <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1091700242">Apple App Store</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.latin&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US">Google Play Store</a>. The following 2 policies were used to evaluate Gboard – the Google Keyboard: <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">1</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">2</a>. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.</p>


Applications and services with a Warning rating do not meet our recommendations for privacy and security practices. Applications and services with a Warning rating have issues narrowly focused around data use related to creating profiles that are not associated with any educational purpose, selling data, and/or using data to target advertisements.

Policy Available

Effective Date

Sell Data

Third-Party Marketing

Personalised Ads

Third-Party Tracking

Track Users

Ad Profile

Quick

Warning

Gboard – the Google Keyboard

<p>Google can be accessed at the following locations: <a href="https://www.google.com/search/about/">website</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id284815942">Apple App Store</a>, and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox">Google Play Store</a>. The following 2 policies were used to evaluate Google: <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">1</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">2</a>. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.</p>


Google

<p>Google's virtual assistant called &quot;Google,&quot; provides customized help to users across all their devices, like Google Home, their mobile phone, and more. With the Google Home app, users can set up, manage and control their Google Home and Chromecast devices, plus thousands of connected home products like lights, cameras, thermostats and more. The Google Assistant app provides another way to launch Google Assistant if not already available on a mobile device.</p>
<p>Google Assistant can be accessed through its <a href="https://assistant.google.com/">website</a>, and is available for download at the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-assistant/id1220976145">iOS App Store</a>, and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googleassistant&amp;hl=en">Google Play Store</a>. Google Home can be accessed through its <a href="https://store.google.com/product/google_home">website</a>, and is available for download at the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-home/id680819774">iOS App Store</a>, and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app&amp;hl=en">Google Play Store</a>. The <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">Terms of Service</a> used for this evaluation can be found on Google’s <a href="https://store.google.com/product/google_home">website</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-home/id680819774">iOS App Store</a>, and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app&amp;hl=en">Google Play Store</a>.</p>
<p>Google Family Link for parents is an app that lets parents or guardians create a Google Account for their child that's like a parent's account, with access to most Google services like Google Assistant. Family Link can be accessed through its <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/">website</a> and is available for download at the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-family-link/id1150085200">iOS App Store</a>, and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.kids.familylink&amp;referrer=utm_source%3Dfamilylink%26utm_medium%3Dwebsite%26utm_campaign%3Dgetapp">Google Play Store</a>. The <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">Privacy Notice</a> for Google Accounts Managed with Family Link for Children under 13, and
<a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-disclosure/">Family Link Disclosure for Children under 13 </a> provide more information about the application's features. The <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">Privacy Notice</a> and the <a href="https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/">Google Privacy Policy</a> both explain Google's privacy practices for a child’s Google Account. To the extent there are terms that conflict, such as with respect to limitations on personalized advertising for children, the Privacy Notice takes precedence for those users. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.</p>
<p>Additionally, other relevant policies used for this evaluation include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/principles/">Our Privacy and Security Principles</a></li>
<li><a href="https://store.google.com/intl/en-US_us/about/device-terms.html">Devices Terms of Sale</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gsuite.google.com/intl/en/terms/subprocessors.html">Google's Subprocessors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&amp;ldt=privacynotice">Google Payments Privacy Notice</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks">Legal Frameworks For Data Transfers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/google-partners">Google’s Partners</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads">Google Advertising</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/types">Type of cookies used by Google</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/100458?hl=en">Export your organization's data</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056650?hl=en">Google Cloud Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056693?hl=en">Google Cloud Security</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Safety</h3>
<p>Google's terms state many of its services let users interact with other trusted and untrusted users and share information with other people, for example, people with whom a user choses to communicate or share content. If a user has a Google Account, they may display their profile name, profile photo, and actions a user takes on Google or on third-party applications connected to their Google Account. Additionally, a child’s information, including their name, photo, email address, and Google Play purchases, may be shared with members of a family group with Google Family Link.</p>
<p>Google's terms remind users that when they share information publicly, their content may become accessible through search engines, including Google Search. When a user is signed in and interacts with Google services, like leaving comments on a YouTube video or reviewing a song in Google Play, their name and photo appear next to their activity. The terms state users may manage their contact information, such as their name, email, and phone number and choose whether their name and photo appears next to their activity, like reviews and recommendations, that may also appear in ads depending on their shared endorsements setting.</p>
<p>The terms also state a child will be able to share information, including photos, videos, audio, and location, publicly and with others, when signed in with their Google Account. When a child shares information publicly, it may be accessible through search engines like Google Search. Google Dashboard is a service that allows users to manage information associated with specific products and control what others see about a user across Google services. In addition, the terms state that Google provides &quot;My Activity&quot; controls that allow users to review and control data that’s created when they use Google services, like searches they have done, or visits to Google Play. Users can also browse by date and by topic, and delete part or all of thier activity on Google services.</p>
<p>Google provides additional safety resources for families:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/parental-supervision/">Parental supervision</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/family-friendly-experiences/">Family-friendly experiences</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/families-tips/">Tips for families</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>Google's terms state they build a range of services that help millions of people daily to explore and interact with the world in new ways. The terms state Google understands it needs to build privacy that works for everyone, which is a responsibility that comes with creating products and services that are free and accessible for all. The terms state Google uses these principles to guide their products, their processes, and their people in keeping users’ data private, safe, and secure. The terms also state that users may provide information to Google which personally identifies them, such as their name, email address, or billing information, or other data that can be reasonably linked to a user by Google, such as information they associate with their Google Account.</p>
<p>In addition, Google's terms state they collect information about a child’s activity in their services, which they use to do things like recommend apps they might like on Google Play. A child’s activity information that they collect may include things like search terms, videos they watch, voice and audio information when they use audio features, people with whom they communicate or share content, and Chrome browsing history they’ve synced with their Google Account. If a child uses Google's services to make and receive calls or send and receive messages, for example by using Google Hangouts, Google may collect telephony log information like their phone number, calling-party number, receiving-party number, forwarding numbers, time and date of calls and messages, duration of calls, routing information, and types of calls. The terms state a child can visit their Google Account to find and manage activity information that’s saved in their account and parents can also manage their activity information by signing in to their child’s Google Account.</p>
<p>When it comes to privacy, Google's terms state they know one size doesn’t fit all. Every Google Account is built with on/off data controls, so users can choose the privacy settings that are right for them. And as technology evolves, Google's terms state its privacy controls evolve as well, ensuring that privacy is always an individual choice that belongs to the user. The terms state Google may use users' personal information to provide third-party marketing, but disclose they do not sell users' personal information to third parties. In addition, the terms state Google may display targeted advertisements to users, but that users can modify their interests, and choose whether their personal information is used to make ads more relevant to them, and turn on or off certain advertising services. The terms also state that Google allows specific partners to collect information from a user's browser or device for advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies.</p>
<p>However, Google's terms state they will not serve <a href="https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662856">personalized ads</a> to a child, which means ads will not be based on information from a child’s account. Instead, ads may be based on information like the content of the website or app a parent's child is viewing, the current search query, or general location (such as city or state). Additionally, the terms state Google does not collect or use data in Google Cloud or G Suite services for advertising purposes and there are no ads in G Suite Services or Google Cloud Platform. Lastly, Google's terms state they don’t show users personalized ads based on sensitive categories, such as race, religion, sexual orientation, or health.</p>
<p>Google provides additional privacy resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/data/">Data transparency</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/">Privacy controls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/">Ads and data</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Security</h3>
<p>Google's terms state they respect the privacy of their users which means protecting the data they trust Google with. To keep every Google product and service secure for our users, the terms state Google engineers and employs one of the most advanced security infrastructures in the world. This means constantly strengthening Google's built-in security technologies to detect and protect against evolving online threats, before they ever reach Google's users. However, the terms state keeping users safe online doesn’t stop with Google – it extends to the whole Internet. Google was the first company to create many of the security standards we all use today, and Google continues to innovate new security technologies that can be used by everyone. The terms also state Google shares their security learnings, experiences, and tools with partners, organizations, and competitors around the world, because Internet-wide security demands industry-wide collaboration.</p>
<p>The terms state Google reviews their information collection, storage, and processing practices, including physical security measures, to prevent unauthorized access to their systems. Google's terms state they restrict access to personal information to Google employees, contractors, and agents who need that information in order to process it. Anyone with this access is subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations. Before on-boarding third-party subprocessors, Google conducts an audit of the security and privacy practices of subprocessors to ensure subprocessors provide a level of security and privacy appropriate to their access to data and the scope of the services they are engaged to provide. In addition, the terms state Google uses encryption to keep users' data private while in transit with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)/TLS (Transport Layer Security) and while stored on their servers. The terms state that if Google becomes aware of a data breach incident, Google will notify users of the incident promptly and without undue delay, and promptly take reasonable steps to minimize harm and secure users's data.</p>
<p>Google provides additional security resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/built-in-protection/">Built-in protection</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/security-leadership/">Security leadership</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/security-tips/">Security tips</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Compliance</h3>
<p>Google's terms state they know it’s important for parents and guardians to understand what personal information they collect in association with their child’s Google Account, why they collect it, and how parents can update, manage, export, and delete that information. If a parent or guardian created a new account for their child with Family Link, they can access, update, remove, and export their child’s information by signing into their Google Account. As part of the account creation process, the terms state Google may ask for personal information like first and last name, email address, and birthdate. Google may also use payment information to verify that a user meets age requirements, if, for example, if a user enters an incorrect birthday indicating they are not old enough to have a Google Account.</p>
<p>When a child turns 13, they are eligible to manage their account on their Google own. If a child chooses to manage their Google Account, their parent or guardian will no longer have access to, or be able to exercise control over their account, unless the parent and their child later choose to set up supervision again through Family Link. Before a child becomes eligible to manage their own Google Account, the terms state Google will notify the parent or guardian and the child. In addition, the terms state parents and guardians can also use the Family Link app or Family Link settings on the web to edit or modify their child’s Google Account information, review app activity and app permissions, and manage their child’s ability to grant certain permissions to apps to do things like access information from their child’s Android device (such as location, microphone, and contacts). Parents can also use Family Link to help manage their child’s access to certain features, apps, and services on Android, or change their Android permissions. Lastly, the terms state if at any time a parent or guardian wishes to stop further collection or use of their child's information, they can delete their child’s Google Account my clicking “Delete account” on their child’s Account Info page in Family Link or on the <a href="https://myaccount.google.com/family">Family group page in My Account</a>.</p>


Full evaluation

Google Assistant

<p>Google Authenticator can be accessed at the following locations: <a href="https://safety.google/authentication/">website</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id388497605">Apple App Store</a>, and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.authenticator2&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US">Google Play Store</a>. The following 2 policies were used to evaluate Google Authenticator: <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">1</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">2</a>. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.</p>


Google Authenticator

<p>Google Bard is a new chatbot artificial intelligence (AI) like ChatGPT that uses large language models to help it interact with users in a conversational way to answer questions. The terms say Google may use users' personal information, which include queries to Bard, to provide third-party marketing, but disclose they do not sell users' personal information to third parties. In addition, the terms say Google may display targeted advertisements to users, but that users can modify their interests, and choose whether their personal information is used to make ads more relevant to them. The terms also say that Google allows specific partners to collect information from a user's browser or device for advertising and tracking purposes across the internet using their own cookies or similar technologies. Google Bard can be accessed through its <a href="https://bard.google.com/">website</a>. The <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">Terms of Service</a> used for this evaluation can be found on Google’s <a href="https://bard.google.com/">website</a>.</p>
<p>Additionally, other relevant policies used for this evaluation include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/principles/">Our Privacy and Security Principles</a></li>
<li><a href="https://store.google.com/intl/en-US_us/about/device-terms.html">Devices Terms of Sale</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gsuite.google.com/intl/en/terms/subprocessors.html">Google's Subprocessors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&amp;ldt=privacynotice">Google Payments Privacy Notice</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks">Legal Frameworks For Data Transfers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/google-partners">Google’s Partners</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads">Google Advertising</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/types">Type of cookies used by Google</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/100458?hl=en">Export your organization's data</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056650?hl=en">Google Cloud Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056693?hl=en">Google Cloud Security</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Safety</h3>
<p>Google's terms state many of its services let users interact with other trusted and untrusted users and share information with other people, for example, people with whom a user choses to communicate or share content. If a user has a Google Account, they may display their profile name, profile photo, and actions a user takes on Google or on third-party applications connected to their Google Account. Additionally, a child’s information, including their name, photo, email address, and Google Play purchases, may be shared with members of a family group with Google Family Link.</p>
<p>Google's terms remind users that when they share information publicly, their content may become accessible through search engines, including Google Search. When a user is signed in and interacts with Google services, like leaving comments on a YouTube video or reviewing a song in Google Play, their name and photo appear next to their activity. The terms state users may manage their contact information, such as their name, email, and phone number and choose whether their name and photo appears next to their activity, like reviews and recommendations, that may also appear in ads depending on their shared endorsements setting.</p>
<p>The terms also state a child will be able to share information, including photos, videos, audio, and location, publicly and with others, when signed in with their Google Account. When a child shares information publicly, it may be accessible through search engines like Google Search. Google Dashboard is a service that allows users to manage information associated with specific products and control what others see about a user across Google services. In addition, the terms state that Google provides &quot;My Activity&quot; controls that allow users to review and control data that’s created when they use Google services, like searches they have done, or visits to Google Play. Users can also browse by date and by topic, and delete part or all of their activity on Google services.</p>
<p>Google provides additional safety resources for families:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/parental-supervision/">Parental supervision</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/family-friendly-experiences/">Family-friendly experiences</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/families-tips/">Tips for families</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>Google's terms state they build a range of services that help millions of people daily to explore and interact with the world in new ways. The terms state Google understands it needs to build privacy that works for everyone, which is a responsibility that comes with creating products and services that are free and accessible for all. The terms state Google uses these principles to guide their products, their processes, and their people in keeping users’ data private, safe, and secure. The terms also state that users may provide information to Google which personally identifies them, such as their name, email address, or billing information, or other data that can be reasonably linked to a user by Google, such as information they associate with their Google Account.</p>
<p>In addition, Google's terms state they collect information about a child’s activity in their services, which they use to do things like recommend apps they might like on Google Play. A child’s activity information that they collect may include things like search terms, videos they watch, voice and audio information when they use audio features, people with whom they communicate or share content, and Chrome browsing history they’ve synced with their Google Account. If a child uses Google's services to make and receive calls or send and receive messages, for example by using Google Hangouts, Google may collect telephony log information like their phone number, calling-party number, receiving-party number, forwarding numbers, time and date of calls and messages, duration of calls, routing information, and types of calls. The terms state a child can visit their Google Account to find and manage activity information that’s saved in their account and parents can also manage their activity information by signing in to their child’s Google Account.</p>
<p>When it comes to privacy, Google's terms state they know one size doesn’t fit all. Every Google Account is built with on/off data controls, so users can choose the privacy settings that are right for them. And as technology evolves, Google's terms state its privacy controls evolve as well, ensuring that privacy is always an individual choice that belongs to the user. The terms state Google may use users' personal information to provide third-party marketing, but disclose they do not sell users' personal information to third parties. In addition, the terms state Google may display targeted advertisements to users, but that users can modify their interests, and choose whether their personal information is used to make ads more relevant to them, and turn on or off certain advertising services. The terms also state that Google allows specific partners to collect information from a user's browser or device for advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies.</p>
<p>However, Google's terms state they will not serve <a href="https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662856">personalized ads</a> to a child, which means ads will not be based on information from a child’s account. Instead, ads may be based on information like the content of the website or app a parent's child is viewing, the current search query, or general location (such as city or state). Additionally, the terms state Google does not collect or use data in Google Cloud or G Suite services for advertising purposes and there are no ads in G Suite Services or Google Cloud Platform. Lastly, Google's terms state they don’t show users personalized ads based on sensitive categories, such as race, religion, sexual orientation, or health.</p>
<p>Google provides additional privacy resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/data/">Data transparency</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/">Privacy controls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/">Ads and data</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Security</h3>
<p>Google's terms state they respect the privacy of their users which means protecting the data they trust Google with. To keep every Google product and service secure for our users, the terms state Google engineers and employs one of the most advanced security infrastructures in the world. This means constantly strengthening Google's built-in security technologies to detect and protect against evolving online threats, before they ever reach Google's users. However, the terms state keeping users safe online doesn’t stop with Google – it extends to the whole Internet. Google was the first company to create many of the security standards we all use today, and Google continues to innovate new security technologies that can be used by everyone. The terms also state Google shares their security learnings, experiences, and tools with partners, organizations, and competitors around the world, because Internet-wide security demands industry-wide collaboration.</p>
<p>The terms state Google reviews their information collection, storage, and processing practices, including physical security measures, to prevent unauthorized access to their systems. Google's terms state they restrict access to personal information to Google employees, contractors, and agents who need that information in order to process it. Anyone with this access is subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations. Before on-boarding third-party subprocessors, Google conducts an audit of the security and privacy practices of subprocessors to ensure subprocessors provide a level of security and privacy appropriate to their access to data and the scope of the services they are engaged to provide. In addition, the terms state Google uses encryption to keep users' data private while in transit with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)/TLS (Transport Layer Security) and while stored on their servers. The terms state that if Google becomes aware of a data breach incident, Google will notify users of the incident promptly and without undue delay, and promptly take reasonable steps to minimize harm and secure users's data.</p>
<p>Google provides additional security resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/built-in-protection/">Built-in protection</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/security-leadership/">Security leadership</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/security-tips/">Security tips</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Compliance</h3>
<p>Google's terms state they know it’s important for parents and guardians to understand what personal information they collect in association with their child’s Google Account, why they collect it, and how parents can update, manage, export, and delete that information. If a parent or guardian created a new account for their child with Family Link, they can access, update, remove, and export their child’s information by signing into their Google Account. As part of the account creation process, the terms state Google may ask for personal information like first and last name, email address, and birthdate. Google may also use payment information to verify that a user meets age requirements, if, for example, if a user enters an incorrect birthday indicating they are not old enough to have a Google Account.</p>
<p>When a child turns 13, they are eligible to manage their account on their Google own. If a child chooses to manage their Google Account, their parent or guardian will no longer have access to, or be able to exercise control over their account, unless the parent and their child later choose to set up supervision again through Family Link. Before a child becomes eligible to manage their own Google Account, the terms state Google will notify the parent or guardian and the child. In addition, the terms state parents and guardians can also use the Family Link app or Family Link settings on the web to edit or modify their child’s Google Account information, review app activity and app permissions, and manage their child’s ability to grant certain permissions to apps to do things like access information from their child’s Android device (such as location, microphone, and contacts). Parents can also use Family Link to help manage their child’s access to certain features, apps, and services on Android, or change their Android permissions. Lastly, the terms state if at any time a parent or guardian wishes to stop further collection or use of their child's information, they can delete their child’s Google Account my clicking “Delete account” on their child’s Account Info page in Family Link or on the <a href="https://myaccount.google.com/family">Family group page in My Account</a>.</p>


Google Bard

<p>Google Chat can be accessed at the following locations: <a href="https://workspace.google.com/products/chat/">website</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1163852619">Apple App Store</a>, and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.dynamite&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US">Google Play Store</a>. The following 2 policies were used to evaluate Google Chat: <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">1</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">2</a>. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.</p>


Google Chat

<p>Google Hangouts is a free voice, text messaging, and video call service with one person or a group. Google Hangouts can be accessed through its <a href="https://hangouts.google.com/">website</a>, and is available for download at the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hangouts/id643496868">iOS App Store</a>, and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.talk&amp;hl=en_US">Google Play Store</a>. The <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">Terms of Service</a> used for this evaluation can be found on Google’s <a href="https://hangouts.google.com/">website</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hangouts/id643496868">iOS App Store</a>, and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.talk&amp;hl=en_US">Google Play Store</a>.</p>
<p>Google Family Link for parents is an app that lets parents or guardians create a Google Account for their child that's like a parent's account, with access to most Google services like Google Assistant. Family Link can be accessed through its <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/">website</a> and is available for download at the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-family-link/id1150085200">iOS App Store</a>, and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.kids.familylink&amp;referrer=utm_source%3Dfamilylink%26utm_medium%3Dwebsite%26utm_campaign%3Dgetapp">Google Play Store</a>. The <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">Privacy Notice</a> for Google Accounts Managed with Family Link for Children under 13, and
<a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-disclosure/">Family Link Disclosure for Children under 13 </a> provide more information about the application's features. The <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">Privacy Notice</a> and the <a href="https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/">Google Privacy Policy</a> both explain Google's privacy practices for a child’s Google Account. To the extent there are terms that conflict, such as with respect to limitations on personalized advertising for children, the Privacy Notice takes precedence for those users. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.</p>
<p>Additionally, other relevant policies used for this evaluation include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/principles/">Our Privacy and Security Principles</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks">Legal Frameworks For Data Transfers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gsuite.google.com/intl/en/terms/subprocessors.html">Google's Subprocessors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/google-partners">Google’s Partners</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads">Google Advertising</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/types">Type of cookies used by Google</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056650?hl=en">Google Cloud Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056693?hl=en">Google Cloud Security</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056694">Google Cloud Compliance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056758">Google Cloud Transparency</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Safety</h3>
<p>Google's terms remind parents that their child’s Google Account is like their own account and offers access to many of Google’s products and services, including general audience services that parents may use themselves, such as Chrome, Search, Gmail, Google Play, Hangouts, and Google Assistant. Most of these products and services have not been designed or tailored for children, and a child may use them to communicate with others or to find content that a parent may consider inappropriate.</p>
<p>Google's terms state many of its services let users interact with other trusted and untrusted users and share information with other people, for example, people with whom a user chooses to communicate or share content. If a user has a Google Account, they may display their profile name, profile photo, and actions a user takes on Google or on third-party applications connected to their Google Account. Additionally, a child’s information, including their name, photo, email address, and Google Play purchases, may be shared with members of a family group with Google Family Link.</p>
<p>Google's terms remind users that when they share information publicly, their content may become accessible through search engines, including Google Search. When a user is signed in and interacts with Google services, like leaving comments on a YouTube video or reviewing a song in Google Play, their name and photo appear next to their activity. The terms state users may manage their contact information, such as their name, email, and phone number, and choose whether their name and photo appears next to their activity, like reviews and recommendations, that may also appear in ads depending on their shared endorsements setting.</p>
<p>The terms also state a child will be able to share information, including photos, videos, audio, and location, publicly and with others, when signed in with their Google Account. When a child shares information publicly, it may be accessible through search engines like Google Search. Google Dashboard is a service that allows users to manage information associated with specific products and control what others see about a user across Google services. In addition, the terms state that Google provides &quot;My Activity&quot; controls that allow users to review and control data that are created when they use Google services, like searches they have done, or visits to Google Play. Users can also browse by date and by topic, and delete part or all of their activity on Google services.</p>
<p>Google provides additional safety resources for families:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/parental-supervision/">Parental supervision</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/family-friendly-experiences/">Family-friendly experiences</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/families-tips/">Tips for families</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>Google's terms state they build a range of services that help millions of people daily to explore and interact with the world in new ways. The terms state Google understands it needs to build privacy that works for everyone, which is a responsibility that comes with creating products and services that are free and accessible for all. The terms also state that users may provide information to Google which personally identifies them, such as their name, email address, or billing information, or other data that can be reasonably linked to a user by Google, such as information they associate with their Google Account.</p>
<p>In addition, Google's terms state they collect information about a child’s activity in their services, which they use to do things like recommend apps they might like on Google Play. A child’s activity information that they collect may include things like search terms, videos they watch, voice and audio information when they use audio features, people with whom they communicate or share content, and Chrome browsing history they’ve synced with their Google Account. If a child uses Google's services to make and receive calls or send and receive messages, for example by using Google Hangouts, Google may collect telephony log information. The terms state a child can visit their Google Account to find and manage activity information that is saved in their account and parents can also manage their activity information by signing in to their child’s Google Account.</p>
<p>When it comes to privacy, Google's terms state they know one size doesn’t fit all. Every Google Account is built with on/off data controls, so users can choose the privacy settings that are right for them. And as technology evolves, Google's terms state its privacy controls evolve as well, ensuring that privacy is always an individual choice that belongs to the user. The terms state Google may use users' personal information to provide third-party marketing, but disclose they do not sell users' personal information to third parties. In addition, the terms state Google may display targeted advertisements to users, but that users can modify their interests, and choose whether their personal information is used to make ads more relevant to them, and turn on or off certain advertising services. The terms also state that Google allows specific partners to collect information from a user's browser or device for advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies.</p>
<p>However, Google's terms state they will not serve <a href="https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662856">personalized ads</a> to a child, which means ads will not be based on information from a child’s account. Instead, ads may be based on information like the content of the website or app a parent's child is viewing, the current search query, or general location (such as city or state). Additionally, the terms state Google does not collect or use data in Google Cloud or G Suite services for advertising purposes and there are no ads in G Suite Services or Google Cloud Platform. Lastly, Google's terms state they don’t show users personalized ads based on sensitive categories, such as race, religion, sexual orientation, or health.</p>
<p>Google provides additional privacy resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/data/">Data transparency</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/">Privacy controls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/">Ads and data</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Security</h3>
<p>Google's terms state they respect the privacy of their users, which means protecting the data they trust Google with. To keep every Google product and service secure for their users, the terms state Google engineers and employs one of the most advanced security infrastructures in the world. This means constantly strengthening Google's built-in security technologies to detect and protect against evolving online threats before they ever reach Google's users. However, the terms state keeping users safe online doesn’t stop with Google – it extends to the whole Internet. The terms also state Google shares their security learnings, experiences, and tools with partners, organizations, and competitors around the world, because Internet-wide security demands industry-wide collaboration.</p>
<p>The terms state Google reviews their information collection, storage, and processing practices, including physical security measures, to prevent unauthorized access to their systems. Google's terms state they restrict access to personal information to Google employees, contractors, and agents who need that information in order to process it. Anyone with this access is subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations. Before onboarding third-party subprocessors, Google conducts an audit of the security and privacy practices of subprocessors to ensure subprocessors provide a level of security and privacy appropriate to their access to data and the scope of the services they are engaged to provide. In addition, the terms state Google uses encryption to keep users' data private while in transit with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)/TLS (Transport Layer Security) and while stored on their servers. The terms state that if Google becomes aware of a data breach incident, Google will notify users of the incident promptly and without undue delay, and promptly take reasonable steps to minimize harm and secure users' data.</p>
<p>Google provides additional security resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/built-in-protection/">Built-in protection</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/security-leadership/">Security leadership</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/security-tips/">Security tips</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Compliance</h3>
<p>Google's terms state they know it’s important for parents and guardians to understand what personal information they collect in association with their child’s Google Account, why they collect it, and how parents can update, manage, export, and delete that information. If a parent or guardian creates a new account for their child with Family Link, they can access, update, remove, and export their child’s information by signing into their Google Account. As part of the account creation process, the terms state Google may ask for personal information like first and last name, email address, and birthdate. Google may also use payment information to verify that a user meets age requirements, if, for example, if a user enters an incorrect birthday indicating they are not old enough to have a Google Account.</p>
<p>When a child turns 13, they are eligible to manage their account on their Google own. In addition, the terms state parents and guardians can also use the Family Link app or Family Link settings on the web to edit or modify their child’s Google Account information, review app activity and app permissions, and manage their child’s ability to grant certain permissions to apps to do things like access information from their child’s Android device (such as location, microphone, and contacts). Parents can also use Family Link to help manage their child’s access to certain features, apps, and services on Android, or change their Android permissions. Lastly, the terms state if at any time a parent or guardian wishes to stop further collection or use of their child's information, they can delete their child’s Google Account by clicking “Delete account” on their child’s Account Info page in Family Link or on the <a href="https://myaccount.google.com/family">Family group page in My Account</a>.</p>
<p>Google provides additional family resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/principles/families/parental-supervision/">Parental supervision</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/principles/families/family-friendly-experiences/">Family-friendly experiences</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/principles/families/families-tips/">Tips for families</a></li>
</ul>


Google Chats (hangouts)

<p>Google Classroom is a free web service developed by Google and part of the G Suite for Education to help schools streamline the process of sharing files between teachers and students. Students using Google Classroom can view assignments, submit homework, and receive grades from teachers to help them stay on track and organized. The G Suite for Education core services are the heart of Google’s educational offering to schools. The core services include Gmail, Calendar, Classroom, Contacts, Drive, Docs, Groups, Sheets, Sites, Slides, Talk/Hangouts and Vault. More than 50 million students, teachers and administrators in almost every country in the world rely on G Suite to learn and work together.</p>
<p>Google’s terms say they use information to help improve the safety and reliability of the services. G Suite for Education requires users create a Google Account which is created and managed by a school for use by students and educators. Google’s terms say they are fully committed to the security and privacy of users’ data and protecting users and schools from attempts to compromise it. Lastly, Google’s terms say they make contractual commitments in their G Suite for Education agreement and commit to comply with privacy and security standards.</p>
<p>Google Classroom can be accessed through its <a href="https://classroom.google.com">website</a>, and is available for download at the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-classroom/id924620788?mt=8">iOS App Store</a> and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.classroom&amp;hl=en_US">Google Play Store</a>. The <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">Terms of Service</a> used for this evaluation can be found on Google Classroom’s <a href="https://edu.google.com/products/classroom/">website</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-classroom/id924620788?mt=8">iOS App Store</a>, and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.classroom&amp;hl=en_US">Google Play Store</a>.  This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.</p>
<p>This evaluation is intended to provide key information about Google Classroom's collection and use of data for G Suite for Education users. Where there are terms that differ, as with the limitations on advertising in G Suite for Education, the <a href="https://gsuite.google.com/intl/en/terms/education_terms.html">G Suite for Education Agreement</a> takes precedence, followed by the <a href="https://gsuite.google.com/terms/education_privacy.html">G Suite for Education Privacy Notice</a>, and then the <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">Google Privacy Policy</a>.</p>
<p>Additionally, other relevant policies used for this evaluation include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/principles/">Google Privacy and Security Principles</a></li>
<li><a href="https://workspace.google.com/terms/service-terms/">Google Workspace Service Specific Terms</a></li>
<li><a href="https://workspace.google.com/intl/en/terms/user_features.html">Google Workspace Services Summary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gsuite.google.com/intl/en/terms/subprocessors.html">Google Workspace and Cloud Identity Subprocessors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://workspace.google.com/terms/education_privacy.html">G Suite for Education Privacy Notice</a></li>
<li><a href="https://workspace.google.com/intl/en/terms/education_terms.html">G Suite for Education Online Agreement</a></li>
<li><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B__OTXR_u3RbTUZybEZMdU9YaUE">G Suite for Education: Privacy and Security Information</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edu.google.com/why-google/privacy-security/">Google Education Privacy and Security Center</a></li>
<li><a href="https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/edu_privacyandsecurity.pdf">Google Education Privacy and Security</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/6356441">G Suite for Education Core and Additional services</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/6356509">Communicating with Parents and Guardians about G Suite for Education</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/7391849">Notice template for schools when gathering parent or guardian consent</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks">Legal Frameworks For Data Transfers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://workspace.google.com/intl/en/terms/dpa_terms.html">Data Processing Amendment to Google Workspace</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/google-partners">Google’s Partners</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies">How Google uses Cookies</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads">Google Advertising</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056758">Google Cloud Transparency</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056694">Google Cloud Compliance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056650">Google Cloud Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056693">Google Cloud Security</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Safety</h3>
<p>Google’s terms say they use information to help improve the safety and reliability of the services. This includes detecting, preventing, and responding to fraud, abuse, security risks, and technical issues that could harm Google, its users, or the public. A school may allow students to access Google services such as Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Sites. These services enable students to collaborate with their peers and teachers in real-time, allowing them to share their work, get feedback, and make edits instantaneously. They can be kept private, shared with others (such as a parent, or the entire class), or even made public. When users share information publicly, it may be indexable by search engines, including Google. The services provide users with various options for sharing and removing content.</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>G Suite for Education requires users create a Google Account which is created and managed by a school for use by students and educators. The terms say when creating this account, the school may provide Google with certain personal information about its students and educators, which includes a user’s name, email address, and password in most cases, but could also include secondary email, phone, and address if the school chooses to provide that information. Google may also collect personal information directly from users of G Suite for Education accounts, such as telephone number, profile photo or other information they add to a G Suite for Education account.</p>
<p>The G Suite for Education core services include Gmail, Calendar, Classroom, Contacts, Drive, Docs, Forms, Groups, Sheets, Sites, Slides, Talk/Hangouts, Vault, and Chrome Sync. These services are provided to a school under its G Suite for Education agreement. Besides the Core Services, G Suite for Education users may have access to other Google services that are generally available for consumers, such as Google Maps, Blogger, and YouTube. The terms call these “additional services” since they are outside of the G Suite for Education core services.</p>
<p>For G Suite for Education users in primary and secondary (K-12) schools, Google does not collect or use any user personal information (or any information associated with a G Suite for Education Account) for advertising purposes or to create advertising profiles, whether in core services or other google services accessed while using a G Suite for Education account. However, parents and educators should be aware Google may serve ads to G Suite for Education users in the “additional services,” but administrators have the ability to restrict access to those additional services. Lastly, Google’s terms say they do not assume ownership of any user data in the G Suite core services, and do not share or sell users’ G Suite data to third parties.</p>
<h3>Security</h3>
<p>Google’s terms say they are fully committed to the security and privacy of users’ data and protecting users and schools from attempts to compromise it. Google claims its systems are among the industry’s most secure and they vigorously resist any unlawful attempt to access customers’ data. Google’s terms say all facilities used to store and process user data adhere to reasonable security standards no less protective than the security standards at facilities where Google stores and processes its own information of a similar type. Google’s terms further describe it has implemented industry standard systems and procedures to ensure the security and confidentiality of user data, protect against anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of user data, and protect against unauthorized access or use of user data.</p>
<p>In addition, Google’s data centers use custom hardware running a custom hardened operating system and file system. Each of these systems has been optimized for security and performance. The terms say that because Google controls the entire hardware stack, they are able to quickly respond to any threats or weaknesses that may emerge. Google’s terms specify they will take appropriate steps to ensure compliance with all security measures by its employees, contractors and subprocessors to the extent applicable to their scope of performance, including ensuring that all persons authorized to process personal data have committed themselves to confidentiality or are under an appropriate statutory obligation of confidentiality.</p>
<p>Google’s terms also say they encrypt Gmail (including attachments) and Google Drive data. In addition, user data that is uploaded or created in G Suite services is encrypted at rest. The terms say data is encrypted at several levels. Google forces HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) for all transmissions between users and G Suite services and uses Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) for all its services. Google also encrypts message transmissions with other mail servers using 256-bit Transport Layer Security (TLS) and utilizes 2048 RSA encryption keys for the validation and key exchange phases. This protects message communications when users send and receive emails with external parties also using TLS. PFS requires that the private keys for a connection are not kept in persistent storage. Anyone who breaks a single key can no longer decrypt months’ worth of connections; in fact, not even the server operator is able to retroactively decrypt HTTPS sessions.</p>
<p>Lastly, if Google becomes aware of a unauthorized data breach, the terms state Google will notify users of the data breach promptly and without undue delay, and promptly take reasonable steps to minimize harm and secure user’s data.</p>
<h3>Compliance</h3>
<p>Google’s terms say they make contractual commitments in their G Suite for Education agreement and commit to comply with privacy and security standards. Whether it’s real time dashboards to verify system performance, ongoing auditing of Google’s processes or sharing the location of Google’s data centers, the terms say Google is committed to providing all its users with utmost transparency.</p>
<p>G Suite for Education’s terms say its core services comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and if user data includes FERPA Education Records, Google will be considered a &quot;School Official&quot; (as that term is used in FERPA and its implementing regulations) and will comply with FERPA. Additionally, if schools allow users under the age of 13 to use G Suite for Education, Google’s terms state they contractually require schools using G Suite for Education to obtain parental consent as required by COPPA. Schools are also required to obtain parental consent for the collection and use of personal information in the “additional products” that the school may choose to use with students.</p>
<p>Lastly, the parents of G Suite for Education users in Primary/Secondary (K-12) schools can access their child’s personal information, export the data, or request that it be deleted through the school administrator. School administrators can provide for parental access, export, and deletion of personal information consistent with the functionality of the services. The terms further say if a parent wishes to stop any further collection or use of the child's information, the parent can request that the administrator use the service controls available to them to limit the child’s access to features or services, or delete the child’s account entirely.</p>


Applications and services with a Pass rating have met our minimum requirements for privacy and security practices. Before using an application or service with this rating, parents, teachers, schools, and districts are strongly advised to read the full privacy evaluation as a starting point for the process of vetting the application or service. In addition, a more detailed review should happen before any child or student data is shared with a product.

Children Intended

Collection Limitation

Visible Data

Safe Interactions

Breach Notice

Parental Consent

Pass

Google Classroom

<p>Google Dictionary can be accessed at the following locations: <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-dictionary-by-goog/mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja">website</a>. The following 2 policies were used to evaluate Google Dictionary: <a href="https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/privacy/">1</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">2</a>. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.</p>


Google Dictionary

<p>Google Earth is a program that allows you to explore the planet, the stars and even certain celestial bodies using real satellite imagery and photographs. Google’s terms say they use information to help improve the safety and reliability of the services. Many of their services let users share information with other people, and users have control over how they share. The terms say Google does not sell users' data to third parties. However, the terms also say Google may display targeted advertisements to users based on their personal information and app activity or activity on other Google services. The terms say Google allows third-party partners to track a user's browser or device for advertising on other sites across the internet.</p>
<p>In addition, Google’s terms say they are fully committed to the security and privacy of users’ data and protecting users from attempts to compromise it. Google claims its systems are among the industry’s most secure and they vigorously resist any unlawful attempt to access customers’ data. Lastly, Google’s terms say they allow users to access, modify, delete, and export their data using the service at any time.</p>
<p>Google Earth can be accessed through its <a href="https://www.google.com/earth/index.html">website</a>, and is available for download at the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-earth/id293622097">iOS App Store</a> and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.earth&amp;start=70&amp;gl=US">Google Play Store</a>. The <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">Terms of Service</a> used for this evaluation can be found on Google TV’s <a href="https://www.google.com/earth/index.html">website</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-earth/id293622097">iOS App Store</a>, and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.earth&amp;start=70&amp;gl=US">Google Play Store</a>. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.</p>
<p>Additionally, other relevant policies used for this evaluation include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/principles/">Google Privacy and Security Principles</a></li>
<li><a href="https://workspace.google.com/terms/service-terms/">Google Workspace Service Specific Terms</a></li>
<li><a href="https://workspace.google.com/intl/en/terms/user_features.html">Google Workspace Services Summary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gsuite.google.com/intl/en/terms/subprocessors.html">Google Workspace and Cloud Identity Subprocessors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks">Legal Frameworks For Data Transfers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://workspace.google.com/intl/en/terms/dpa_terms.html">Data Processing Amendment to Google Workspace</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/google-partners">Google’s Partners</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies">How Google uses Cookies</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads">Google Advertising</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056758">Google Cloud Transparency</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056694">Google Cloud Compliance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056650">Google Cloud Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056693">Google Cloud Security</a></li>
</ul>


Google Earth

<p>Google Family Link lets parents for children under 13 create a Google Account for their child that's like their own account, with access to most Google services, but with stronger privacy protections. Google's terms state that many of its services let users interact with other trusted and untrusted users and share information with other people, for example, people with whom a user chooses to communicate or share content. The terms state that Google may use users' personal information to provide third-party marketing, but disclose that they do not sell users' personal information to third parties. Google's terms also state they will not serve personalized ads to a child, which means ads will not be based on information from a child’s account. Instead, ads may be based on information like the content of the website or app a parent's child is viewing, the current search query, or general location (such as city or state). However, Google’s terms state they also allow specific partners to collect information from browsers or devices for third-party advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies.</p>
<p>Family Link can be accessed through its <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/">website</a> and is available for download at the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-family-link/id1150085200">iOS App Store</a>, and the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.kids.familylink">Google Play Store</a>. The <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">Privacy Notice</a> for Google Accounts Managed with Family Link for Children under 13, the <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-disclosure/">Family Link Disclosure for Children under 13 </a>, and the <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/notice">Family Link Disclosure for Parents of Children under 13</a> provide more information about the application's features. The <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">Terms of Service</a>, <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">Privacy Notice</a>, and the <a href="https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/">Google Privacy Policy</a> all explain Google's privacy practices for a child’s Google Account. To the extent there are terms that conflict, such as with respect to limitations on personalized advertising for children, the Privacy Notice takes precedence for those users. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.</p>
<p>Additionally, other relevant policies used for this evaluation include:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/principles/">Our Privacy and Security Principles</a></li>
<li><a href="https://store.google.com/intl/en-US_us/about/device-terms.html">Devices Terms of Sale</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gsuite.google.com/intl/en/terms/subprocessors.html">Google's Subprocessors</a></li>
<li><a href="https://payments.google.com/payments/apis-secure/get_legal_document?ldo=0&amp;ldt=privacynotice">Google Payments Privacy Notice</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks">Legal Frameworks For Data Transfers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/google-partners">Google’s Partners</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads">Google Advertising</a></li>
<li><a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/types">Type of cookies used by Google</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/a/answer/100458?hl=en">Export your organization's data</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056650?hl=en">Google Cloud Privacy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056693?hl=en">Google Cloud Security</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Safety</h3>
<p>Google's terms state that many of its services let users interact with other trusted and untrusted users and share information with other people, for example, people with whom a user chooses to communicate or share content. If a user has a Google Account, they may display their profile name, profile photo, and actions a user takes on Google or on third-party applications connected to their Google Account. Additionally, a child’s information, including their name, photo, email address, and Google Play purchases, may be shared with members of a family group with Google Family Link.</p>
<p>Google's terms remind users that when they share information publicly, their content may become accessible through search engines, including Google Search. When a user is signed-in and interacts with Google services, like leaving comments on a YouTube video or reviewing a song in Google Play, their name and photo appear next to their activity. The terms state users may manage their contact information, such as their name, email, and phone number, and choose whether their name and photo appears next to their activity, like reviews and recommendations, that may also appear in ads depending on their shared endorsements setting.</p>
<p>The terms also state a child will be able to share information, including photos, videos, audio, and location, publicly and with others, when signed in with their Google Account. When a child shares information publicly, it may be accessible through search engines like Google Search. Google Dashboard is a service that allows users to manage information associated with specific products and control what others see about a user across Google services. In addition, the terms state that Google provides &quot;My Activity&quot; controls that allow users to review and control data that are created when they use Google services, like searches they have done, or visits to Google Play. Users can also browse by date and by topic, and delete part or all of their activity on Google services.</p>
<p>Google provides additional safety resources for families:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/parental-supervision/">Parental supervision</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/family-friendly-experiences/">Family-friendly experiences</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/families/families-tips/">Tips for families</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>Google's terms state that they build a range of services that help millions of people daily to explore and interact with the world in new ways. The terms state that Google understands it needs to build privacy that works for everyone, which is a responsibility that comes with creating products and services that are free and accessible for all. The terms state Google uses these principles to guide their products, their processes, and their people in keeping users’ data private, safe, and secure. The terms also state that users may provide information to Google which personally identifies them, such as their name, email address, or billing information, or other data that can be reasonably linked to a user by Google, such as information they associate with their Google Account.</p>
<p>In addition, Google's terms state they collect information about a child’s activity in their services, which they use to do things like recommend apps they might like on Google Play. A child’s activity information that they collect may include things like search terms, videos they watch, voice and audio information when they use audio features, people with whom they communicate or share content, and Chrome browsing history they’ve synced with their Google Account. If a child uses Google's services to make and receive calls or send and receive messages, for example by using Google Hangouts, Google may collect telephony log information. The terms state a child can visit their Google Account to find and manage activity information that’s saved in their account and parents can also manage their activity information by signing in to their child’s Google Account.</p>
<p>When it comes to privacy, Google's terms state they know one size doesn’t fit all. Every Google Account is built with on/off data controls, so users can choose the privacy settings that are right for them. And as technology evolves, Google's terms state its privacy controls evolve as well, ensuring that privacy is always an individual choice that belongs to the user. The terms state Google may use users' personal information to provide third-party marketing, but disclose they do not sell users' personal information to third parties. In addition, the terms state Google may display targeted advertisements to users, but that users can modify their interests, and choose whether their personal information is used to make ads more relevant to them, and turn on or off certain advertising services. The terms also state that Google allows specific partners to collect information from a user's browser or device for advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies.</p>
<p>However, Google's terms state they will not serve <a href="https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662856">personalized ads</a> to a child, which means ads will not be based on information from a child’s account. Instead, ads may be based on information like the content of the website or app a parent's child is viewing, the current search query, or general location (such as city or state). However, Google’s terms state they also allow specific partners to collect information from browsers or devices for third-party advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies. Additionally, the terms state Google does not collect or use data in Google Cloud or G Suite services for advertising purposes and there are no ads in G Suite Services or Google Cloud Platform. Lastly, Google's terms state they don’t show users personalized ads based on sensitive categories, such as race, religion, sexual orientation, or health.</p>
<p>Google provides additional privacy resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/data/">Data transparency</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/privacy-controls/">Privacy controls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/privacy/ads-and-data/">Ads and data</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Security</h3>
<p>Google's terms state they respect the privacy of their users which means protecting the data they trust Google with. This means constantly strengthening Google's built-in security technologies to detect and protect against evolving online threats, before they ever reach Google's users. However, the terms state keeping users safe online doesn’t stop with Google – it extends to the whole Internet. Google explains it was the first company to create many of the security standards we all use today, and Google continues to innovate new security technologies that can be used by everyone. The terms also state Google shares their security learnings, experiences, and tools with partners, organizations, and competitors around the world, because Internet-wide security demands industry-wide collaboration.</p>
<p>The terms state Google reviews their information collection, storage, and processing practices, including physical security measures, to prevent unauthorized access to their systems. Google's terms state they restrict access to personal information to Google employees, contractors, and agents who need that information in order to process it. Anyone with this access is subject to strict contractual confidentiality obligations and may be disciplined or terminated if they fail to meet these obligations. Before on-boarding third-party subprocessors, Google conducts an audit of the security and privacy practices of subprocessors to ensure subprocessors provide a level of security and privacy appropriate to their access to data and the scope of the services they are engaged to provide. In addition, the terms state Google uses encryption to keep users' data private while in transit with SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)/TLS (Transport Layer Security) and while stored on their servers. The terms state that if Google becomes aware of a data breach incident, Google will notify users of the incident promptly and without undue delay, and promptly take reasonable steps to minimize harm and secure users' data.</p>
<p>Google provides additional security resources:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/built-in-protection/">Built-in protection</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/security-leadership/">Security leadership</a></li>
<li><a href="https://safety.google/security/security-tips/">Security tips</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Compliance</h3>
<p>Google's terms state that they know it’s important for parents and guardians to understand what personal information they collect in association with their child’s Google Account, why they collect it, and how parents can update, manage, export, and delete that information. If a parent or guardian creates a new account for their child with Family Link, they can access, update, remove, and export their child’s information by signing into their Google Account. As part of the account creation process, the terms state Google may ask for personal information like first and last name, email address, and birthdate. Google may also use payment information to verify that a user meets age requirements, if, for example, if a user enters an incorrect birthday indicating they are not old enough to have a Google Account.</p>
<p>When a child turns 13, they are eligible to manage their account on their Google own. If a child chooses to manage their Google Account, their parent or guardian will no longer have access to, or be able to exercise control over their account, unless the parent and their child later choose to set up supervision again through Family Link.  In addition, the terms state parents and guardians can also use the Family Link app or Family Link settings on the web to edit or modify their child’s Google Account information, review app activity and app permissions, and manage their child’s ability to grant certain permissions to apps to do things like access information from their child’s mobile device (such as location, microphone, and contacts). Parents can also use Family Link to help manage their child’s access to certain features, apps, and services on Android, or change their Android permissions. Lastly, the terms state if at any time a parent or guardian wishes to stop further collection or use of their child's information, they can delete their child’s Google Account my clicking “Delete account” on their child’s Account Info page in Family Link or on the <a href="https://myaccount.google.com/family">Family group page in My Account</a>.</p>


Google Family Link

<p>Google Home can be accessed at the following locations: <a href="https://store.google.com/us/product/chromecast_google_tv?pli=1&amp;hl=en-US">website</a>, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-home/id680819774">Apple App Store</a>, and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app&amp;hl=en_US&amp;gl=US">Google Play Store</a>. The following 15 policies were used to evaluate Google Home: <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/child-policy/">1</a>, <a href="https://families.google.com/familylink/privacy/notice/">2</a>, <a href="https://gsuite.google.com/intl/en/terms/subprocessors.html">3</a>, <a href="https://gsuite.google.com/terms/dpa_terms.html">4</a>, <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">5</a>, <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks">6</a>, <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy/google-partners">7</a>, <a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads">8</a>, <a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/types">9</a>, <a href="https://policies.google.com/terms">10</a>, <a href="https://safety.google/principles/">11</a>, <a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056650">12</a>, <a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056693">13</a>, <a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056694">14</a>, and <a href="https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056758">15</a>. This evaluation only considers policies that have been made publicly available prior to an individual using the application or service.</p>


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